{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-language-9780470658963","title":"An Introduction to Language","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Kirk Hazen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Linguistics - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to Language\u003c\/i\u003e offers an engaging guide to the nature of language, focusing on how language works – its sounds, words, structures, and phrases – all investigated through wide-ranging examples from Old English to contemporary pop culture.\u003c\/p\u003e  *Explores the idea of a scientific approach to language, inviting students to consider what qualities of language comprise everyday skills for us, be they sounds, words, phrases, or conversation *Helps shape our understanding of what language \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e, how it \u003ci\u003eworks\u003c\/i\u003e, and why it is both elegantly complex and essential to who we are *Includes exercises within each chapter to help readers explore key concepts and directly observe the patterns that are part of all human language *Examines linguistic variation and change to illustrate social nuances and language-in-use, drawing primarily on examples from English *Avoids linguistic jargon, focusing instead on a broader and more general approach to the study of language, and making it ideal for those coming to the subject for the first time *Supported by additional web resources – available upon publication at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wiley.com\/go\/hazen\/introlanguage\"\u003ewww.wiley.com\/go\/hazen\/introlanguage\u003c\/a\u003e – including student study aids and testbank and notes for instructors","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45201740005527,"sku":"9780470658963","price":4243.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780470658963.webp?v=1769208021","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/an-introduction-to-language-9780470658963","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}